Issue #15 of Dark Discoveries is at the printer now. It’s a special Lovecraft issue featuring HPL, Brian Lumley, H.R. Giger, Dan O’Bannon, Wilum Pugmire, S.T. Joshi, Kris Kuksi, David A. Riley, J.K. Potter, Cody Goodfellow, Allen Koszowski and more! I should have a proof back in a couple of days and if all goes well it will be done before Thanksgiving.
- James R. Beach
Publisher/Editor-in-chief
Dark Discoveries magazine has now opened for submissions. I’ve revamped the guidelines and raised the pay a bit more. There’s a couple of big changes in that I’m not taking simultaneous submissions anymore and we’re getting tougher on proper formatting, etc. I will still be open to reprints, but will mostly be running classic reprints from older authors. If we meet our mark for the subscription drive by the end of the year, then I’ll bump it up to pro rates ($.05 a word). Currently we’re almost halfway there. See the INFO page for guidelines.
- James R. Beach
Publisher/Editor-in-chief
I’ll be a guest this coming weekend at the yearly Cthulhucon in Portland, OR. (http://hplfilmfestival.com) along with William F. Nolan, Dan O’Bannon, Laird Barron, Wilum Pugmire, S.T. Joshi, Robert Price, Cody Goodfellow, Jemiah Jefferson and my DD co-editor, Jason V Brock (who will be showing his Charles Beaumont Documentary for the first time in full). I’ll be doing panels with Nolan and Brock and also Cody Goodfellow and Laird Barron. I’m also running a dealer’s table for Dark Discoveries so if you’re there, drop on by and say hi!
- James R. Beach
Publisher/Editor-in-chief
With issue #14 hitting around the time my wife had a baby I’m a little behind, but wanted to post a quick update on submissions for Dark Discoveries magazine. Please hold off on sending your submissions for just a short bit longer as I am working with my web person, Sunni Brock, on incorporating a submission section into my web server with a dedicated email, an automated receipt response, tracking system, etc. It will be done very soon, and then we will be officially re-opening for submissions with an increased pay rate, new guidelines, etc.
I’m launching a subscription drive now as well. I’m going to have to raise the cover price finally starting January 2010, so I want to give people a chance to take advantage of the lower price now before it goes up. My goal is also to be paying professional pay rates ($.05 a word) by the end of this year. I need 75 subscriptions (renewals will count too) to get there.
Thanks to the help of my new staff (headed up by my managing editor Jason V Brock – www.jasunni.com) we’re on a solid quarterly schedule for Dark Discoveries – having produced 3 issues since December, 2008 – with the fourth (#15) due in October. My commitment to you is we will continue that in the future. Here’s a taste of what we have slated for you in upcoming issues:
Issue #15: Lovecraft Special – Featuring H.P. Lovecraft, Brian Lumley, H.R. Giger, Dan O’Bannon, S.T. Joshi, Wilum Pugmire, Cody Goodfellow, Allen Koszowski, David A. Riley and more.
Issue #16: Horror Comics/Pulps Special – William F. Nolan, Frank M. Robinson, Hugh B. Cave, EC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Weston Ochse, Paul Bens Jr., and more.
Issue #17: Dark SciFi Special – Dennis Etchison, Joe Lansdale, John Shirley, Philip Jose Farmer, Harlan Ellison, Philip K. Dick and more.
Current subscribers wishing to renew their subscription, to find out where you stand, or for any other queries, please drop me a line at: darkdiscoveries@msn.com
James Beach
Publisher/Editor-in-chief
Dark Discoveries
The latest issue of Dark Discoveries – The 50th Anniversary Twilight Zone Special – is now done. It features Richard Matheson, George Clayton Johnson, Earl Hamner, William F. Nolan, John Tomerlin, Marc Scott Zicree, Roger Anker, Jason V Brock, Tony Albarella, Christopher Conlon and more!
- James R. Beach
Publisher/Editor-in-chief
Dark Discoveries
We’re getting ready to head to the printer’s very soon, so we’re opening up pre-orders now for just the Deluxe Signed Edition. There will be only 75 copies of this for sale and with advance interest, we anticipate it will sell out very quickly. The Deluxe Edition features a special handmade binding with textured faux leather, foil stamping, a reading ribbon, individual signed colophon author sheets, 7 art inserts, and a color dust jacket.
This anthology features all-new/previously unpublished work from an amazing group of writers. Here’s the lineup:
Cover and interior art by Kris Kuksi
Foreword – S.T. Joshi
Introduction – William F. Nolan and Jason V Brock
“Some Of My Best Friends Are Martians” – Ray Bradbury
“De Mortuis” – John Tomerlin
“Love & Magick” – James Robert Smith
“Madri-Gall” – Richard Matheson & R.C. Matheson
“Hope and the Maiden” – Nancy Kilpatrick
“The Death and Life of Caesar LaRue” – Earl Hamner
“A Certain Disquieting Darkness” – Gary A Braunbeck
“The Boy Who Became Invisible” – Joe R. Lansdale
“Getting Along Just Fine” – William F. Nolan
“The Grandfather Clock” – George Clayton Johnson
“Triptych: Three Bon Bons” – Christopher Conlon
“The Hand That Feeds” – Kurt Newton
“The Central Coast” – Jason V Brock
“Omnivore” – Dan O’Bannon
“Just A Suggestion” – John Shirley
“I, My Father, and Weird Tales” – Frank M. Robinson
“Silk City” – Lisa Morton
“Red Light” – Steve Rasnic Tem
“How It Feels To Murder” – Norman Corwin
“At The Riding School” – Cody Goodfellow
To order, follow the link to our special page we’ve set up for the book. The Deluxe Edition is on sale for $175.00 (We’re offering $20 off for pre-orders). Shipping will be a flat $15 in the US for Priority Airmail with Insurance and Delivery confirmation. More for overseas.
Here’s the link: http://jasunni.com/shop/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=1
There will also be a trade hardcover retailing for $65 ($55 with newsletter coupon or pre-reserve). These will be unnumbered and 400 copies will be done. These will be signed by the editors William F. Nolan and Jason V Brock. We’re not asking for payments now for these as the number being produced is much larger, but you can drop us a note via email or post to reserve a copy for you (and then you can get the discount for it).
- James R. Beach and Jason V Brock
(Dark Discoveries Pub.)(Cycatrix Press)
www.darkdiscoveries.com
www.jasunni.com
We’re hard at work on getting this all put together now. Look for it in late July/early August. We’re waiting on one last essay, but here’s the bulk of the lineup:
FICTION:
Richard Matheson -”Nightmare At 20,000 Feet”
Jason V Brock – “Black Box” (Sequel to “Nightmare”)
Earl Hamner Jr. – “Reflections”
William F. Nolan – “Free Dirt” (Teleplay based on a Charles Beaumont tale)
Jason Sizemore – “City Hall”
INTERVIEWS:
George Clayton Johnson
Jason Brock (on his Charles Beaumont Documentary)
NONFICTION:
Tony Abarella – article on Rod Serling
Earl Hamner Jr. – Essay on writing for TZ
John Tomerlin – Essay on writing for TZ
Roger Anker – Excerpt from his Charles Beaumont Biography
Jason Brock – Article on the nucleus of “The Group”
Christopher Conlon – Article on Unproduced TZ Scripts
Henry Covert – Column on TZ comics
Bill Gauthier – Column on Beaumont
- James Beach
Publisher/Editor-in-chief
Dark Discoveries
Just wanted to pop in for a quick update. The last batch went out today of the new issue of DARK DISCOVERIES. This includes Contributor, subscriber copies, and any direct or confirmed store orders. Expect to see yours within the next week or two (usually more time for overseas and Canada though). This is my quickest turnaround ever (1 week!!!) and I owe a lot of it to being much more organized (and I owe my co-editor Jason Brock a big thanks for his help in that direction). We’re already hard at work on issue #14 and are looking great for having it out in July. Issue #15 is slated for an October 1st release and Issue #16 for January, 2010.
My goals this year was to take DD to the next level. This meant going to color, making the magazine look more professional and also paying more professional rates. It also meant getting it on a solid quarterly basis to help ensure timely material and advertising. So far we have made a huge step in that direction. It’s full speed ahead!
The last thing is that I just heard from my rep at Ingram yesterday that she already got the copies I sent on Monday and pitched Disticor (Canada Distributor) and Barnes and Noble about the new color and look of DD. They both loved it and 325 more copies are headed north of the border and over 700 more for B & N starting with issue #14. This includes almost 300 more stores for DD. It’s been a great week!
PS: If anybody has gotten their copies of DD #13 yet, please feel free to drop me a line about it. I’d love to hear what you think of it!
- James Beach
Publisher/Editor-in-chief
Dark Discoveries
www.darkdiscoveries.com
Dark Discoveries #13 is done and I have it in my hands now. Our first issue with Full-Color covers (and some color interior pages) and our all-new layouts. This one is a Forrest J. Ackerman special and features a brand new interview with Ray Bradbury, Ackerman Tributes, an article on the Ackermuseum, and Ackerman meets Farmer. There’s also brand new fiction and interviews with Steve Rasnic Tem and Christopher Conlon, fiction by Don D’Ammassa and Bruce Golden, a new American Gauthic column, and more!
It’s up for order on my website now: http://darkdiscoveries.1freecart.com/i/92558/dark-discoveries-spring-2009.htm and will be available at the usual stores like Horrormall, Overlook Connection, Borderlands Books, Dark Delicacies, Powell’s Books, Dreamhaven, etc.
I almost forgot! We’re trying something new that’s kinda neat. We’re posting a few sample pages up at a site called issuu.com that you can look at, print out, etc. It’s a nice way to sample a few pages to see what some of our new layouts, etc. look like before you buy a copy. It’s just a taste (we’ve got many more layouts, photos, etc. in the actual magazine), but will give you an idea what you’re in store for. Here’s the link:
http://issuu.com/JaSunni/docs/dd_13_spring_ackerman_issuu/1?mode=a_p
- James R. Beach
Publisher/Editor-in-chief
www.darkdiscoveries.com
DD #13 is at the printer’s now and if all goes well will be done this coming Friday. I’m using a new printer who will be using soy based inks and recycled paper. Something I have wanted to do for a long time.
- James Beach
Publisher/Editor-In-Chief
www.darkdiscoveries.com
